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adsum ([personal profile] adsum) wrote in [community profile] yogen2021-04-03 06:53 am

April event


04/04, 23:56

M.Arisu

hey... anybody who's awake to see this. hope you're not having too much trouble sleeping.
get rest when you can. work together when you can.
all we can do is keep trying, but i'm hopeful for this year.
feels weird to say... but it's all going to be gone soon, so...
anyways.
see you at school tomorrow.

Any replies on the forum go unresponded, and at the stroke of midnight, the past year's worth of messages are completely gone from the PDA forum, including any sent over spring break. Hope you have a good memory if you were in the middle of a conversation! Though you should really be in ...whatever you've managed to make your bed... because tomorrow is a big day.

04/05, 06:00

The silence continues until six in the morning with the toll of the clock tower bells, and anybody near the locker area will hear two women in mid-conversation as they phase through the front doors, heels clicking on the ground: "-—didn't even have the decency to finish the job! And now I have to— oh, stop crying, for goodness' sake! I swear—" It's a one sided conversation, mostly, and one that stops short the moment the women spot the students lingering around. While the younger woman, recognizable as the assistant principal, hurriedly scrubs at her face with her sleeves, the unfamiliar older woman with the oddly dissonant voice scowls intensely. "I don't need this on the first day of school! Students trespassing over break! I can't believe it! I don't have time for this—" she huffs, shaking her head and stomping down the hall towards the faculty office. "Miss Nene, I expected better of you! And you! Miss Ritsuka— the two of you shall report to the faculty office after the entrance ceremony. I expect a full report of everybody involved. Now behave yourselves and go to the auditorium."

Goodbye...

The assistant principal is left behind and looks confused and distraught. She sniffles and ducks her head a little, draws a shaking breath and stands a little taller. "I'm so sorry. I'll hear you all out after- after this is done. Alright?" She too heads towards the faculty office, trying her best to smile at those she passes by. While they may be followed, they seem to phase through the faculty office doors which remain closed and locked, and cannot be interacted with until after the ceremony.

Until then, other students start to filter through the front door, seeking out friends and chatting about their breaks, remembering about homework and asking if anybody actually did it so they can copy off them before classes start, laughing at any mention of being locked inside the school all break because what?? that's silly. A handful of students wear yellow armbands on the left sleeve of their uniform, marking them as members of the student council, and these student council members go around finally removing the gorinto from the window sills, tossing the rocks into a bag without any apparent ill effects, and collecting the snacks in a separate bag— though they'll offer the food to anybody they pass who looks hungry enough. Which is a lot of you. One or two might give a short lecture about the importance of eating breakfast to start the day off right. Other student council members busy themselves in the locker area, posting the new homeroom assignments and updating the school calendar to reflect exam dates and breaks for the coming year, or help setting chairs out in neat rows in the auditorium in preparation for the entrance ceremony.

04/05, 08:00

The opening ceremony starts at 8, with students and staff moving to the auditorium to sit with their homeroom class, calling characters out by name and dragging them over to their seat— physically if need be, and they're much stronger than they look. Unlike the graduation ceremony, characters are not forced to come to the entrance ceremony, but the moment they take a seat, they find that they can neither speak nor get up again until the ceremony is over.

The assistant principal stands behind the podium on stage, looking rather nervous as she glances down at the watch on her wrist for it to be time, and clears her throat before addressing the room. "Yogen High welcomes you, all our new students," she pauses, beaming at the row of first year classes before her gaze sweeps over the rest of the student body, "our transfer students, our returning students, our... repeat students..." Looking at you, Norton, Gawain, Abel... "I, um. You may have noticed that I am standing in for our principal today, who is currently... unavailable... and didn't exactly leave any notes to go off of..." She wilts a little, but trucks on nonetheless and continues the address, promising that the teachers will pass along any important announcements, expressing her belief in the potential of young minds, and wishing everybody a fulfilling school year. The ceremony concludes in a little under an hour, and the spell binding the students to their seats is broken, allowing everybody to rise and leave.

School lets out for the rest of the day with classes starting the next morning, and while many students take the opportunity to leave, some linger around the school. Gossip is flying already with news of the transfer students caught breaking into the school over break and what punishments they might get, rumors of what happened to the principal ranging from a family emergency to hospitalization to death, complaints about the water pipes not getting fixed over break, and general excitement over upcoming events listed on the bulletin board by the lockers, in particular new club advertisements, fortune telling ads, and a Charity Auction to be hosted the Monday after Golden Week next month.

April

School is school... The first thing teachers ask at homeroom Tuesday morning is for students to hand in their spring break homework. Didn't do it? You're on their shit list now. Characters are not forced to attend class, but patrolling faculty and student council members will heckle any truant students into going and can be a pain to deal with. Classes aren't taught terribly, though. The second year math teacher has a knack for easily digestible explanations, even if she writes and erases the board a bit too quickly to copy. The third year literature teacher combines weekly analytical essays with film studies, and is showing Child's Play, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Silence of the Lambs, and Where the Red Fern Grows this month. The first year biology teacher brings eyeballs and frogs and rats for dissection during anatomy lessons, and if you have a special request for a specific eye color, give him a day or two and he can deliver. 2-A's homeroom teacher can be seen stealing chalk from each of the second year classroom she rotates through and is offering extra credit to any students who sneak her chalk without asking questions.

New students will quickly learn that merit points are awarded for a full day's attendance, turning in homework, participating in class and clubs, scoring 80% or higher on quizzes and exams, etc. Less predictably, the PDA may sometimes ping for a single merit point when hanging out with a friend or arguing with a classmate, with stronger emotions (positive or negative) when interacting with somebody else more likely to trigger a point, and if students are abusing this system, it's kept out of the faculty's eyes. As the month goes on, sometimes a student comes to class with a cut eyelid, or a busted lip, or bandages wrapped thick around a wrist, but they always deny anything more than clumsiness or an accident or having pets who very aggressively show their love. Sometimes it's harder to hide, when a bloody nose drips onto the ground or bleeding knuckles brush against the wall, and those near enough to see blood touch the building will find that everything sort of... shifts... Just for a second. The feeling of vertigo that stops almost as soon as it begins, the world tilting without slotting back into alignment. You feel a bit nauseous. Just a little.

You go to the bathroom to splash water on your face and the pink looks a little darker, a little more solid. On the fourth floor, the water has stopped running in the bathroom sinks altogether, and students are told to go downstairs to do their business so that they may wash up after. With more students milling around the bathrooms, it's much easier to notice that people's reflections in the mirrors are just a bit off, lagging that split second long enough to be impossible to ignore once aware.

Every day you have homework. A new essay for something or other is assigned each week. Nobody wants to do group projects with a slacker who can't promise to meet up after school to get it done. Like clockwork, the school empties out at 6 PM each school day, leaving those behind to their own devices. There is no school on Sundays. Golden Week marks the end of the month, and guess who's going to be stuck at school for an entire week with only vending machine junk food to live off of if they aren't able to make progress concerning their living situation? Yeah.

Charity Auction

At least students have the charity auction to look forward to and work towards. Information about the auction set on May 10 can be found on the bulletin board, and appears to be put together by the student council as an annual event and an incentive for students to start the year off strong in earning merit points. Both students and staff are encouraged to donate to the auction, with the items collected and put on display in the auditorium behind locked glass cases. On May 10, students will be able to bid on items using their merit points, those who donate will receive 10% of the winning bid towards their item, and the school will match donations 100 to 1 point with proceeds going towards the "Save A Brain Foundation."

Throughout the month, glass cases lining the walls of the auditorium start to fill up with donations. The most popular donations seem to be physical items: possessions such as jewelry or gaming consoles, or artistic creations such as hand sewn clothing or paintings. There are placeholders for things that can't be put on display all month, such as placards with a picture or description of homemade food that won't be prepared until the auction date, or the promise of fishing lessons with the guidance counselor or a dinner date with the school principal (pending availability). At the back of the room stands the largest case, with the skinny black cat often found lying on top of it as if guarding it, although it will run away when approached.

Inside the case is a body.

OOC

    ✽ Refer to the npc contact page for which students and faculty are currently available for interaction. The assistance principal will do what she can to accommodate the characters stuck inside the school, but the extent of her help will depend on what is asked of her and how interactions with her go.
    ✽ The body does not seem to change or rot inside the case, and most npc students will unconvincingly express their belief that it's just a very life-like doll. Closer investigation of the body will not be available until next month, if a character manages the winning bid. Merit points earned are handwaved at player discretion, within reason.
    ✽ The plot will only move forward as things are discussed and acted upon, and clues distributed during app acceptances are meant to be shared and connected, so don't be afraid to ask questions and dig into things! I am here to enable.
yourpiecenow: (doesn't have a problem)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Madison Montgomery.

[now Madison has a very, very, very limited education. in all but one subject. so almost all of that gets filed into her brain as "oh, like the Richard Harris flick," except for one specific thing.]

You get any of your mom's witchiness, or what? We might actually have something in common.
loyalbreed: (305)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! [ An interesting proposition. He has always wondered about that, and many have said he has some harboring traits of the woman in the past... Though that is not excatly a good thing - but for him he wonders often. Perhaps that secretly, he was glad for it. Even if he did kill his own mother - or helped usher her death. He did love her dearly. ] Hmm... I have always wondered about this myself, a Fae in passing once said curiously to me. That I was as devilish as that woman, but I cannot help and think that it was spoken in poor regard. She was after all, for all her brilliance a wicked witch.

It is good to see another witch in passing, are thine of a coven or? Perhaps fae in some way?
yourpiecenow: (pick up the pieces and go home)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Wicked witches get a bad rap. Like, what, you're gonna trust the word of some hayseed bitch over the woman whose sister she murdered and whose shoes she stole? Bullshit.

... Let's just say me and my coven aren't exactly on speaking terms right now. [beat. absently rubs at the thin line of scarring across her throat.] I mean, I guess I'm not supposed to be on speaking terms with anyone, right now? I don't really know how any of this shit works.
loyalbreed: (pic#14735274)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ay, mine Mother was rather the most wicked - infamously so. However the most wicked thing she had ever done - frankly [ No - not how she endlessly tried to murder the king, that was normal. ], was sleep with the mans son who had been the cause of mine fathers death. 'Suppose there are lines that are not needing to be crossed, but she continued to cross them none-the-less.

Oh? Are you also one who died in your past and lives again here? I am of the same accord - in a matter of speaking. [ He does not speak more then that, it is the truth but as for allowing it to be any more personal than hes made it. He does not take it any farther, but welcomes that she is free spirited and all sharing. And perhaps, she is liken to understanding the truth of his stories thusly. He knows witches by far, are the most mal treated by the Church and the world around them.]
yourpiecenow: (follow those who pale)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
Truly a woman after my own heart. [morgan le fay is a #girlboss]

I really thought the second time would stick. [shrugs] I was in Hell way longer than last time; I stopped counting after, like, week twelve. Not that I'm gagging to go back or anything, but I'd sure like to know what the fucking deal is, summoning me here. Shit's fucking bizarre.
loyalbreed: (312)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ He.... Genuinely scoffs. It the sort of laugher that leaves his lips - that he did not particularly permit to do so. It doesn't catch him off guard, but it is indeed the most natural display of laughter he exhibits once again. ]

I would be mindful of those around you, and the situation at hand. As it looks like, the toll of death is about us, and the mystery of it all is still something we need figuring out.
yourpiecenow: (and I wanna sell)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
...

If you tell me I've just been brought into the middle of a fucking murder mystery like I'm fucking Nancy Drew or some shit, I am actually going to lose my mind.
Edited 2021-04-19 03:54 (UTC)
loyalbreed: (387)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
More or less. [ Who is Nancy DREW???? We just dont know. Not that its a mystery but he supposes that is the best simplification of it. Since there are no actual authorities around and it is up to them apparently to figure the specifications of everything out. ]
yourpiecenow: (I am done with my graceless heart)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
We're supposed to solve a murder and do homework? Bullshit! I can maybe do one of those things.

[GROANS] I need a fucking drink. Japanese schools have bars in them, right. That sounds like a thing.
loyalbreed: (pic#14735275)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
No sadly they do not, but as it were. There are study groups and people who will help with classes in the worse case scenario. It is also that many others are working ardently to solve the mystery of what is transpiring here, so fret not if it is not of your doing. Or wishes to take wit of. So long as it is you take care of yourself, it should be fine and well.
yourpiecenow: (so tonight I'm gonna cut it out)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[how does she explain to this hot babe that she does not give a fuck about any of that.

oh, wait, yeah.]


Don't give a fuck. I need to be completely hammered, like, yesterday. I never went to normal school, but I know for a fact that teachers are dumb shits you can bribe to get stuff.
loyalbreed: (Oh but of course !)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? [ This was new to him, he knew nothing about schools cultures however. This information was imperative and interesting at that to him! ] Shall we go ask the teachers than? For what it is you seek - ale or wine I presume?
yourpiecenow: (regrets collect like old friends)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Vodka. Fuck, and cigarettes. If I'm gonna be in some shitty murder school for a few months before I get kicked back to Hell, I'm sure as fuck not doing it with nicotine withdrawal.
loyalbreed: (Soften agreement .)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-19 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
I will ask around and we will see what comes out of the results then. If I come across anything I will certainly pass it over to you. [ Hell? Interesting. ]
yourpiecenow: (rulers make bad lovers)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-19 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
["getting what she wants with zero effort because a hot guy offers to do it instead" did she take a wrong turn and end up in heaven????]

My knight in shining... school uniform.

[she should probably stand up at this point. been having this conversation with this fucker's ankles.]

You been stuck here for long, Lionheart?
loyalbreed: (pic#14735275)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-20 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Lionheart...? [ Twas the superficial name of Knights, even one called Richard Lionheart. It... Settles most interesting to hear her say such a hailing of a name. For one whos time frame nearly kisses the era of that own. ] Nay, only about a month or so as it were. That is to say, I have memories of a life living on this realm far longer. Which is strange. What of you?
yourpiecenow: (where all the news is second hand)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-20 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[waves hand dismissively] Oh, I stopped trusting my own memories ages ago. If my traitorous bitch of a brain wants to act like any of this shit is normal, she can go have a ball with it. I know who I am.

[and maybe if she repeats that enough times she'll believe it.]
loyalbreed: (Smile .)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-22 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, I must say I can quite agree with that in many ways. [ Grossly so, knowing who I am part. ] Such mind of thinking means you can be quite trust worthy as an individual.
yourpiecenow: (our needs and wants)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-22 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[just. stares.]

... It's going to be very interesting to see just how much you regret saying that in, say, less than three months.
loyalbreed: (361)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-22 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
I see, are you the type to lie profusely then? [ Gawain asks rather honestly. ]
yourpiecenow: (that's the little story)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-22 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I am an actress. [just. not a good one.]

... No, I'm probably too fucking honest, really. That gets you into way more trouble than being a liar... You can be super untrustworthy in many, many different and exciting ways! I'm one of those. Pick one.
loyalbreed: (33)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-23 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think not, being honest and owning up to such honesty is commemorative frankly. [ He tilts his head slightly. ] An actress.. So then you play in things like Plays or those 'Movies' I have heard of?
yourpiecenow: (oh I need not be flattered)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-24 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, not stage. Those people are deranged. [and not in the fun way that movie people are. the kind of deranged where you read a lot of books.]

I'm a movie star. I guess they don't have an Alamo Drafthouse in Camelot, huh.
loyalbreed: (Smile .)

[personal profile] loyalbreed 2021-04-26 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
No in fact, though plays were largely popular even in my time. However, court jesters and the like were often ones to play such enigmatic features. I believe during our era we cared more about laughing then we cared about the legitimize stories behind them. [ A pondering thought thinking well about the other. ]

Perhaps you would grant me a persona viewing, of how it is you act some day?
yourpiecenow: (no more pain)

[personal profile] yourpiecenow 2021-04-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[... hm. this one might end up being a problem.]

Well, you better not expect a fucking hat with bells on it or anything. [there, a joke so she does not actually have to make promises or anything gay like that.]

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